श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच कौमार आचरेत्प्राज्ञो धर्मान्भागवतानिह । दुर्लभं मानुषं जन्म तदप्यध्रुवमर्थदम् ॥ १ ॥
sri-prahrada uvaca kaumara acaret prajno dharman bhagavatan iha durlabham manusam janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam
- sri-prahradah uvaca
- Prahlada Maharaja said
- kaumarah
- in the tender age of childhood
- acaret
- should practice
- prajnah
- one who is intelligent
- dharman
- occupational duties
- bhagavatan
- which are devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- iha
- in this life
- durlabham
- very rarely obtained
- manusam
- human
- janma
- birth
- tat
- that
- api
- even
- adhruvam
- impermanent, temporary
- artha-dam
- full of meaning
Prahlada Maharaja said: One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of life—in other words, from the tender age of childhood—to practice the activities of devotional service, giving up all other engagements. The human body is most rarely achieved, and although temporary like other bodies, it is meaningful because in human life one can perform devotional service. Even a slight amount of sincere devotional service can give one complete perfection.